Jeremiah 38:9

The Passion Translation

“My lord the king,” he said, “these evil men were wrong to throw the prophet Jeremiah into a muddy cistern. He will starve to death there since there is no more food left in the city.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 37:21

So King Zedekiah gave orders to confine me to the palace guardhouse. Each day a loaf of bread from the bakery was given to me until all the bread of the city was gone. So I remained there in the palace courtyard.

Jeremiah 52:6

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was so severe in the city that there was nothing left to eat.

Jeremiah 38:8

Ebed-Melech came out from the palace and spoke to the king.

Jeremiah 38:10

So the king commanded Ebed-Melech, “Take thirty men with you from the palace guard and pull the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies.”

Lamentations 1:11

Everyone is groaning, longing for anything to eat; they have traded their treasures for food in order to keep themselves alive. “Look, Yahweh, and consider how pathetic I have become!

Lamentations 3:53

They buried me alive in a pit and covered it with stones.

Jeremiah 19:9

I will cause their bloodthirsty enemies to lay siege to their city and cause them great suffering. They will become so desperate that they will become cannibals, eating their neighbors and even their own children.’

Jeremiah 39:17

But I will rescue you that day, declares Yahweh, and you will not be handed over to the people you fear.